Knock, knock.
“I figured I was right on the cusp of it (getting to the UFC) after my last two fights,” said Aguilera. “I was hoping for a Contender Series spot or a last-minute fight, and I knew a lot of guys were dropping out of cards, so my coach said to get ready and we kept training and never stopped. Then it just came up.”
It doesn’t hurt the Team Oyama squad has been busy since the UFC returned in May, so Aguilera has been able to get in solid work in the lead-up to his debut against Ivy.
“We had Frank Camacho at the gym, too, so I was helping him with his camp by giving him some looks for his next fight, so we were kind of going through camp together and that definitely helped out a lot.”
I don’t know how, considering that Camacho – who fights Matt Frevola next week – is the nicest guy in MMA. How do you get your game face on sparring with him?
“When he punches you in the face a bunch of times…” said Aguilera, knowing that he didn’t need to finish the sentence.
Understood. But about that fight at the Apex, there will be no hockey references from “The Beast.”
“I like to make an exciting fight,” he said. “I like to keep it on the feet, I like to stand and bang and, obviously, I like to knock people out, so wherever the fight goes, we’re confident. I’m just gonna stay in his face for the entire 15 minutes and push the pace and then hopefully at some point get a stop.”
